Based on the Debian 4.19.0-8 kernel package (Linux kernel 4.19.98), and the work from JAMESMTL: https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r32440802- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JAMESMTL/snippets/master/bnx2x/patches/bnx2x_warpcore+8727_2_5g_sgmii.patch
Not tested with any other kernels
Added a module option that can be set to disable SFP TX fault detection:
disable_sfp_tx_fault_detection
To use, add a file to /etc/modprobe.d with the contents:
options bnx2x disable_sfp_tx_fault_detection=1
This driver doesn't seem to change too often. Instead of grabbing the full source and rebuilding, this will automatically rebuild the driver every time the kernel is updated.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dkms
cd /usr/src
sudo git clone https://github.com/severnt/bnx2x-2_5g-dkms.git bnx2x-99.1.712.30-0
sudo dkms add bnx2x/99.1.712.30-0
sudo dkms install bnx2x/99.1.712.30-0 -k $(uname -r)Then it should rebuild every time you update your kernel.